Saddam Hussein on Trial

Creator: National Public Radio | visit site

Grade Range: 8 - 11

Supplement discussions of headline news with this collection of audio files of news programs on the first Saddam Hussein trial (October 2005) which focuses on Hussein’s role in the deaths of more than 140 Iraqis in the village of Dujail. The site also discusses the establishment of the war crimes tribunal, reactions to the trial, and how this trial differs from those in American courts.

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